Seasons and Holidays

Hey Bryan.Can I install a laminate floor over an existing ceramic tile floor in the kitchen area? Thanks Answer: You sure can! Laminate, engineered hardwood, or any other type of floating floor can be installed over any hard, flat surface. As long as the existing tile in your kitchen is still...

Heath Ceramics Heath Ceramics of Sausalito, California is a rare find – an American Pottery still creating beautiful items in the 21st century. Their Dimensional Tile Collection, with roots going back to the 60’s, has been selected for many impressive architectural...

Here in North America, we've been exposed to a world of flooring (literally). Wood for the living room, ceramic tiles for the bathroom, carpeting for the bedrooms -- you know the drill. While many countries around the world follow similar conventions, floors in fact have nationalities, just like...

I love designing kitchens. Sometimes clients hire me to be involved from start to finish, and oftentimes it's to help with choosing finishes. It's the finishes that can make or break your design. And you want to get it right if you are investing tens of thousands of dollars. Picture of cover...

I'm a bit obsessed with anything dipped in gold so when I came across this gold leaf paint, I couldn't wait to get started on a project with it. These clay ornaments are the perfect addition to any tree and they look even better with a little touch of gold! Materials: Polymer clay...

Redoing your floors can be a daunting task, especially when you realize you have to do something with the old flooring. See Mike Holmes' response to a fan question surrounding this topic below. HGTV Canada Facebook fan, Sharon C asked, "I have a ceramic floor that goes from the hallway,...

One of our favourite designers, Judith Mackin, owner of TUCK STUDIO, completed a gorgeous makeover of a home in Saint John, New Brunswick with her design studio, PUNCH INSIDE. The results are too good not to share. Read through her the challenges in the makeover, and click through to see the big...

Summer is a time to relax, eat well, and, given the variety of settings in which to do the latter, to have fun with your table settings. My co-worker, Sarah, and I decided to pick one table and make two summer table settings using as many of our design products as we could from our studio, TUCK. One...

As the maker of one of the three products featured in this week's column rightly notes on their website: "Too often we let our sense of style and design stop at the backdoor." Well, if so, the fault lies not so much with designers and manufacturers as with us, because, as the following...